Which repository package

Thread: How to check which repository provided package. Join Date Dec Posts How to check which repository provided package I am sorry if this has been asked before, but I could not find anything on it. My question is: How do you check the repository which provided a package using the zypper command?

Re: How to check which repository provided package You mean you can not find this in Code:. There is this: Code:. TrevorBoydSmith - 7 years ago, it was close. Today, it's still similar. Never said it was the same. Just that it was related. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Xiong Chiamiov Xiong Chiamiov 2, 1 1 gold badge 25 25 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges.

Same here on a few servers. This is why stack exchange should not lock in votes. I found Xiong Chiamiov's answer not correct. It's possible your local copy is out-of-date, or it was installed with additional commands to yum e.

I don't think it's possible to always get the right answer. This will tell you what repos provide a given package, but not what repo a specific package came from. If you installed a package from a certain repo, removed that repo, then installed another repo that provides a package with the same name, running 'repoquery -i' like this would return to you packages listing the newly installed repo, not the one that you actually installed the package from.

The asker wants to know what package the installed software actually came from. Not what current repos happen to have packages with the same name. Show 1 more comment. What version of yum? Only text-mode : frontend is currently supported. Dennis Williamson I'm using yum 3. I was testing it on 3. When I did it on my box that has 3.

This is a no-go in CentOS 5. Show 2 more comments. Martian Martian 1, 7 7 silver badges 8 8 bronze badges. It works also on Fedora 14 — lg. Michael Hampton Michael Hampton k 39 39 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. It can be different, e. Show 3 more comments.

Basic commands from apt --help Other also easy to remember subcommands: apt list — list packages based on package names apt search — search in package descriptions apt show — show package details apt update — update list of available packages apt install — install packages apt remove — remove packages apt purge — remove packages and configuration files : Removing a package removes all packaged data, but leaves usually small modified user configuration files behind, in case the remove was an accident.

Pablo Bianchi Pablo Bianchi 9, 3 3 gold badges 48 48 silver badges 89 89 bronze badges. Or at least mention that apt show seems to need the -a switch to see "additional records" from other sources — Xen You have a sexy avatar there — Glorious Kale.

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Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Does ES6 make JavaScript frameworks obsolete? Podcast Do polyglots have an edge when it comes to mastering programming Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Linked 1. The lighttpd package is coming from epel repo. RPM files comes with. RPM package built with required libraries and dependency which will not conflicts other packages were installed on your system.

The httpd package is coming from CentOS updates repo. DNF stands for Dandified yum. It automatically resolve dependencies and make it smooth package installation without any trouble.

The tilix package is coming from Fedora updates repo. Zypper is a command line package manager which makes use of libzypp. Zypper command provides functions like repository access, dependency solving, package installation, etc. Pacman command stands for package manager utility.

The chromium package is coming from ArchLinux extra repo.